Nokia 5230

Nokia is busy announcing new products this quarter. First, Nokia booklet 3G and now the cheapest Nokia touchscreen, 5230 came as a surprise without any leaks and rumors. Nokia 5230 belongs to the low mid-range category and is ready to give a tough competition to Samsung Star and LG KP500.

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Key Features

Size

Form: Classic with touchscreen
Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 14.5/15.5 mm
Weight: 113 g (without stylus)
Weight: 115 g (with stylus)
Volume: 78 cc (without stylus) / 83 cc (with stylus)
Responsive touchscreen with tactile feedback
Accelerometer for auto-rotate
Proximity sensor to save power and prevent inadvertent touches

Display and 3D

Size: 3.2"
Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels (nHD) with 16:9 picture
Up to 16.7 million colours
Full touchscreen display

Keys and input method

Touchscreen
Dedicated keys for camera, volume, power, send & end, and application launch (menu), plus the media bar touch key for accessing music, gallery, share online, video centre and web browser
Homescreen music plug-in for pause/play, forward, back
Voice commands

Colours and covers

Available in-box colours:
- White/Red
- White/Dark Silver
- White/Pink
- White/Yellow
- White/Blue
- Black/Red
- Black/Dark Silver
Changeable colour battery covers

Connectors

Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 high speed
3.5 mm Nokia AV connector

Memory

microSD memory card slot, with hot swap max. 16 GB
70 MB internal dynamic memory

Power

BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery
Talk time (maximum)
- GSM 7 h
- WCDMA 4 h 18 min
Standby time (maximum)
- GSM up to 438 h
- WCDMA up to 458 h
Video playback time (maximum): Mpeg-4 4.6hours, nHD 3 hours
Music playback time (maximum): 33 h

Environmental features

Energy efficiency: Power Save mode, unplug charger reminder, High Efficiency Charger AC-8
Eco content and services: Eco zone via Download!/Ovi store, eco bookmarks, content and personalization
Materials: free of PVC
Device is up to 80 % recyclable
Packaging: up to 60 % recycled material, 100 % recyclable
User manual: black&white printing

Operating frequency

Dual band 900/2100 WCDMA and 850/1900 WCDMA
GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Automatic switching between GSM bands
Flight mode

Data network

CSD
HSCSD
GPRS/EGPRS Class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 177/296kbps (DL/UL)
EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 177/296 kbps (DL/UL)
WCDMA 2100, maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (UL/DL),
CS 64 kbps
HSDPA, cat. 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL)
TCP/IP support

Local connectivity and synchronisation

Bluetooth version 2.0
- Bluetooth profiles: A2DP, AVRCP
MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
Direct printing to compatible picture printers
Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia Ovi Suite

Service

Speaker-independent name dialling (SIND)

Call features

Integrated hands-free speakerphone
Number screening for messaging and calls
Automatic answer with headset or car kit
Any key answer
Call waiting, call hold, call divert
Call timer
Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
Automatic redial
Speed dialling
Voice dialling: speaker independent dialling and voice commands (SIND)
Fixed dialling number support
Vibrating alert (internal), also with tactile feedback
Side volume keys
Mute/unmute
Contacts bar for 20 contacts with images and communication history (SMS, email, web feeds)
Talking ring tones
Conference calling with up to 6 participants

Messaging

SMS
Multiple SMS deletion
MMS version 1.3, message size up to 600 kb
Automatic resizing of images for MMS
Nokia Xpress audio messaging
Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
Number screening for messaging
Distribution lists for messaging
Cell broadcast

E-mail

Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP
Support for e-mail attachments
OMA e-mail notification support
Mail for Exchange 2008 preinstalled

Web browsing

Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, WML
Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP, JavaScript
TCP/IP support
OSS browser
Nokia Mobile Search

GPS and navigation

Integrated A-GPS
Ovi Maps 3.0 application

Photography

2 megapixel camera
Image formats: JPEG
CMOS sensor
3x digital zoom
White balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
Center weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
Dedicated camera key
Landscape (horizontal) orientation
Photo editor on device

Video

Main camera
- Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps (TV high quality), up to 640 x 352 pixels and up to 30 fps (widescreen quality), up to 320 x 240 pixels and up to 30 fps/15 fps (email high/normal quality), up to 176 x 144 and up to 15 fps (sharing quality)
- Up to 4x digital zoom
Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp
Audio recording formats: WAV (normal), AMR (MMS), AAC/MP4 (high quality)
Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
Scene modes: automatic, night
Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
Clip length (maximum): 1 h 30 min (high or normal quality). Dependable on available memory
RealPlayer
Video playback file formats: MPEG4-SP playback 30fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
Video streaming: 3GPP and CIF
Landscape mode video playback
Video ring tones
Video editor on device
Video Centre service supported: download and stream video content, WMV support, video feeds